Hunter Hayes will perform on CMAs tonight

Country musician and Acadiana native Hunter Hayes performs at the Cajundome in Lafayette on April 29. Paul Kieu, The Advertiser
Country musician and Acadiana native Hunter Hayes performs at the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA, April 29, 2013.
Paul Kieu, The Advertiser(Photo: Paul Kieu, The Advertiser)

Reigning CMA New Artist of the Year Hunter Hayes will perform with Jason Mraz tonight on the CMA country music awards show. Hayes will debut his new single, “Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me.” If you haven’t head it, its quite catchy. Hayes said he wrote it about a bad date he once had.

“I’m shy,” Hayes said in a CMA Blue Room interview. “And we were with a huge group pf people, so I ended up just being by myself.”

Hayes said he and Mraz first met at the Grammys and have been friends ever since. He said the song has a very “Jason Mraz vibe.”

The Acadiana singer has legions of fans in the area so most will probably be tuned in to watch and cheer him on. He is also currently promoting his “Lets Be Crazy” tour that will bring him home to an already sold out show at the Heymann Performing Arts Center on November 20.

Follow The Daily Advertiser and @KrisWartelleTDA on Twitter tonight as we watch him in action.